# Duece Configalo: Desktop Gigolo

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/640/
> We dive into your configs, the genius moves, the glorious blunders, and everything in between.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 640
- Date: 2025-11-09
- Hosts: brent, chris, wes
- Duration: 01:40:22
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/9442160c-4a6b-46b7-8d11-bda16be98d28.mp3


Transcripts: [text/vtt](https://feeds.jupiterbroadcasting.com/transcripts/lup/9442160c-4a6b-46b7-8d11-bda16be98d28.vtt) [application/x-subrip](https://feeds.jupiterbroadcasting.com/transcripts/lup/9442160c-4a6b-46b7-8d11-bda16be98d28.srt)


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### Episode Links

* [💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike](https://strike.me/ "💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike")
* [📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM](https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov "📻 LINUX Unplugged  on Fountain.FM")
* [LINUX Unplugged 634: Config Confessions](https://linuxunplugged.com/634 "LINUX Unplugged 634: Config Confessions")
* [yechielw/dots](https://github.com/yechielw/dots "yechielw/dots") — Nixos and home-manager config
* [Shayne's budget Flake](https://pastecode.io/s/7pvwv8z3 "Shayne's budget Flake")
* [Shayne's Budget Packages](https://pastecode.io/s/zgbmzwfg "Shayne's Budget Packages")
* [Shayne's Budget Configuration.nix](https://pastecode.io/s/8bsuohi4 "Shayne's Budget Configuration.nix")
* [Chris' Budget Flake Fix](https://pastecode.io/s/s30shvzv "Chris' Budget Flake Fix")
* [Millak/guix-config: mirror of my guix configs](https://github.com/Millak/guix-config "Millak/guix-config: mirror of my guix configs")
* [Millak/my-guix: local guix packages](https://github.com/Millak/my-guix "Millak/my-guix: local guix packages")
* [efraim-home: Add mpv-sponsorblock-minimal-conf.d](https://github.com/Millak/guix-config/commit/433bedd90bd612c6154a015306a2658f8af1c59b "efraim-home: Add mpv-sponsorblock-minimal-conf.d")
* [Distrostu's configs](https://github.com/jonocodes/configs/blob/main/nixos/README.md#management-commands "Distrostu's configs")
* [Distrostu's M Series Config](https://github.com/jonocodes/configs/blob/main/nixos/hosts/imbp/default.nix "Distrostu's M Series Config")
* [Oly Mike's Nixbook](https://github.com/mkellyxp/nixbook/blob/main/base.nix "Oly Mike's Nixbook")
* [writeShellApplication - Nix function reference](https://noogle.dev/f/pkgs/writeShellApplication "writeShellApplication - Nix function reference")
* [writeShellApplication - Nixpkgs Manual](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable/#trivial-builder-writeShellApplication "writeShellApplication - Nixpkgs Manual") — writeShellApplication is similar to writeShellScriptBin and writeScriptBin but supports runtime dependencies with runtimeInputs.
* [rwiankowski/homeserver-nixos](https://github.com/rwiankowski/homeserver-nixos "rwiankowski/homeserver-nixos") — My Home Server Setup using a single NixOS node
* [Brandon's Homelab](https://github.com/bwees/homelab "Brandon's Homelab")
* [Brandon's Mac](https://github.com/bwees/environment "Brandon's Mac")
* [Brandon's brew defined by Nix](https://github.com/bwees/environment/blob/main/hosts/laptop/packages.nix "Brandon's brew defined by Nix")
* [Brandon's Mac Apps installed via Nix](https://github.com/bwees/environment/blob/main/hosts/laptop/macos.nix "Brandon's Mac Apps installed via Nix")
* [BeardedTek/nixos-router: NixOS Router Configuration](https://github.com/beardedtek/nixos-router "BeardedTek/nixos-router: NixOS Router Configuration") — A declarative NixOS configuration that transforms a standard PC into a full-featured network router with integrated secrets management.
* [blocky: DNS proxy and ad-blocker](https://0xerr0r.github.io/blocky/latest/ "blocky: DNS proxy and ad-blocker")
* [Deidrael/nix-config: My NixOS Config](https://github.com/Deidrael/nix-config "Deidrael/nix-config: My NixOS Config")
* [FuzzyMistborn/infra](https://github.com/FuzzyMistborn/infra/ "FuzzyMistborn/infra") — 100% chance of id10t errors....and a slight chance of a credential leak
* [william/nix-config: All my nix stuff, in a single flake](https://git.baduhai.dev/william/nix-config "william/nix-config: All my nix stuff, in a single flake")
* [Pick: SoltrOS](https://soltros.dev/ "Pick: SoltrOS") — Immutable Linux designed for gaming & development
* [Pick: Parabolic](https://github.com/NickvisionApps/Parabolic "Pick: Parabolic") — A powerful yt-dlp frontend.
* [Pick: Youtarr](https://github.com/DialmasterOrg/Youtarr "Pick: Youtarr") — Youtarr is a self-hosted YouTube DVR that lets you subscribe to channels, browse their videos in a web UI, and automatically download and archive the ones you care about to your own storage.